Averting catastrophic tuberculosis costs in an Indian state: integration of Ayushman Bharat Arogya Karnataka with National Tuberculosis Elimination Program.

The WHO's "End TB" initiative aims to reduce catastrophic expenses, incidence, and mortality by 90%, 80%, and 0%, respectively by 2030 and Government of India has committed to reaching these goals by 2025. Despite tremendous progress, tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the main public health issues. To limit TB transmission and expedite reduction in incidence, further measures are needed.

Excited State Characterization of Carborane-Containing Poly(dihexyl fluorene)s.

Carborane-containing poly(dihexylfluorene)s experience drastic solvatochromism in both the solution and solid states, a characteristic that is advantageous for use in environmental and biological sensing applications. Understanding the intrinsic decay mechanisms that give rise to such sensitive emission properties is important for designing responsive sensors. The solution-state photophysical properties of homopolymer, poly(9,9-dihexyl(bisfluorenyl)carborane) (PFCY), and alternating copolymer, poly(9,9-dihexyl-2,7-fluorene- alt-9,9-dihexyl(bisfluorenyl)carborane) (PFCS), were deciphered using steady-state, electrochemical, spectroelectrochemical, and time-resolved spectroscopic methods.

pH-Driven Mechanistic Switching from Electron Transfer to Energy Transfer between [Ru(bpy)] and Ferrocene Derivatives.

The metal-to-ligand charge transfer excited states of [Ru(bpy)] (bpy = 2,2'-bipyridine) may be deactivated via energy transfer or electron transfer with ferrocene derivatives in aqueous conditions. Stern-Volmer quenching analysis revealed that the rate constant for [Ru(bpy)] excited-state quenching depends on solution pH when a ferrocenyl-amidinium derivative (Fc-am) containing a proton-responsive functionality tethered to the ferrocene center was present. By contrast, the rate constant with which the [Ru(bpy)] excited state is quenched by an analogous ferrocene derivative (ferrocenyl-trimethylammonium, Fc-mam) that lacks a protonic group does not depend on pH.

Assessment of 'accredited social health activists'-a national community health volunteer scheme in Karnataka State, India.

About 700,000 Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA) have been deployed as community health volunteers throughout India over the last few years. The objective of our study was to assess adherence to selection criteria in the recruitment of ASHA workers and to assess their performance against their job descriptions in Karnataka state, India. A cross-sectional survey, using a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods, was undertaken in 2012.